Ghunkianos Karnetsi

Ghunkianos Karnetsi was born in Karin, he took his primary education in Persia. His parents noticed the amazing abilities and sent him to Lebanon to the Antonyants Monastery to study, but Ghunkianos was inclined to a modest, lonely life. Later went to Egypt, he was invited to the palace of Ibrahim Pasha where worked as a palace interpreter and clerk. In 1828 went to Crimea, later Tiflis and finally settled in Varevan village of Akhalkalak where died. And although he died, he earned the honor and reputation of a saint. Ghunkianos Karnetsi composed in Armenian, Turkish, Persian and Arabic languages.